US HB1312 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 89-49)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include optometry services in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Optometrists are eligible for the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

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Title

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsors

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-06HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-04HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-03-04HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB898 (Same As) 2015-04-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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